<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On May 8, 2020, at 10:19, Jeff Scarbrough via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 10:55 AM Arvid via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><b style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Acetylene</b><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> gas
is mixed in </span><b style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">liquid</b><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> acetone for safe storage
and usage. Acetone in </span><b style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">acetylene cylinders</b><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> helps stabilize the gas
making it non-reactive within the </span><b style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">cylinder</b><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">. In this
process, </span><b style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">acetylene</b><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> is dissolved in </span><b style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">liquid</b><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> acetone
under high pressure. The </span><b style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">cylinder</b><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> is then filled with
porous material like firebrick.</span></p></div><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></blockquote><div>As they say, "Nature is metal AF." Who would rationally think that dissolving something in acetone would make it less dangerous?</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div>Since acetylene explodes at about 15 psi, dissolving it inacetone is clearly a great idea. </div></body></html>